perplexity

perplexity
Synonyms and related words:
Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, amorphousness, baffle, bafflement, baffling problem, befuddlement, bewilderment, bind, bother, botheration, brain twister, catch-22, chaos, cloud, complexity, complexness, complication, confoundment, confusion, convolution, crabbedness, crossword puzzle, crux, dark, darkness, daze, difficulty, dilemma, discombobulation, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness, disconcertion, disconcertment, disorder, disorganization, disorientation, distress, disturbance, doubt, embarrassment, enigma, enigmatic question, entanglement, fix, floorer, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fogginess, frenzy, fuddle, fuddlement, fuzziness, haze, impenetrability, indeterminateness, indistinctness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, involvement, jam, jigsaw puzzle, jumble, knot, knotty point, maze, mess, mind-boggler, mist, mistiness, muddle, muddlement, mumbo jumbo, murk, murkiness, mystery, mystification, node, nodus, nonplus, nut to crack, obfuscation, obscurantism, obscuration, obscurity, opacity, oxymoron, paradox, perplexed question, perturbation, pickle, plight, pons asinorum, poser, pother, predicament, problem, pucker, puzzle, puzzlement, puzzler, quandary, question, question mark, ramification, reconditeness, riddle, ruffle, scrape, shapelessness, shuffle, sixty-four dollar question, stew, sticker, stumper, subtlety, sweat, swivet, tanglement, teaser, technicality, tizzy, tough proposition, unassuredness, unclarity, unclearness, unplainness, unsettlement, upset, vagueness, vexed question, why

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Perplexity — is a measurement in information theory. It is defined as 2 raised to the power of entropy, or more often as 2 raised to the power of cross entropy. The latter definition is commonly used to compare probability models empirically. Perplexity of a… …   Wikipedia

  • Perplexity — Per*plex i*ty, n.; pl. {Perplexities}. [L. perplexitas: cf. F. perplexit[ e].] The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • perplexity — index cloud (suspicion), complication, confusion (ambiguity), dilemma, doubt (indecision), enig …   Law dictionary

  • perplexity — (n.) c.1300, from L.L. perplexitas, from L. perplexus confused, involved, from per completely + plexus entangled, pp. of plectere to twine (see COMPLEX (Cf. complex) (adj.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • perplexity — [pər plek′sə tē] n. [ME perplexite < MFr perplexité < LL perplexitas] 1. the condition of being perplexed; bewilderment; confusion 2. pl. perplexities something that perplexes 3. something that is perplexed, or complicated …   English World dictionary

  • perplexity — UK [pə(r)ˈpleksətɪ] / US [pərˈpleksətɪ] noun Word forms perplexity : singular perplexity plural perplexities 1) [uncountable] a confused feeling that you have because you cannot understand something They stared in perplexity at the map. 2)… …   English dictionary

  • perplexity — [[t]pə(r)ple̱ksɪti[/t]] perplexities 1) N UNCOUNT Perplexity is a feeling of being confused and frustrated because you do not understand something. He began counting them and then, with growing perplexity, counted them a second time. Syn:… …   English dictionary

  • perplexity — per|plex|i|ty [ pər pleksəti ] noun 1. ) uncount a confused feeling because you cannot understand something: CONFUSION: They stared in perplexity at the map. 2. ) count usually plural something that makes a subject or situation difficult to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • perplexity — noun 1) he scratched his head in perplexity Syn: confusion, bewilderment, puzzlement, bafflement, incomprehension, mystification, bemusement; informal bamboozlement, discombobulation 2) the perplexities of international relations Syn: complexity …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • perplexity — perplex ► VERB ▪ cause to feel baffled; puzzle greatly. DERIVATIVES perplexity noun (pl. perplexities) . ORIGIN from Latin perplexus entangled …   English terms dictionary

  • perplexity — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English perplexite, from Middle French perplexité, from Late Latin perplexitat , perplexitas, from Latin perplexus Date: 14th century 1. the state of being perplexed ; bewilderment 2. something that perplexes… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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